White Gables Restaurant

Since 1991, Kevin and Ann Dunne have been running this attractive cottagey restaurant on the main street of Moycullen and, although the village around them has seen unsympathetic development recently, this remains a charming place and is on many a regular diner’s list of favourites.

Arriving guests can have an aperitif in the bar before heading into the restaurant, which is atmospheric, with open stonework, low lighting and candlelight. Kevin sources ingredients with care and offers weekly-changing dinner and à la carte menus, with daily specials, and a set Sunday lunch which is in great demand.

Cooking is consistently good in a refreshingly traditional style and features local meats including Connemara lamb (a local speciality is smoked lamb) and excellent beef, both from the famous butchers McGeoughs of Oughterard; fresh fish and seafood, including lobster thermidor, is another house favourite and many a guest wouldn’t dream of ordering anything but the roast half duckling à l’orange.

Good desserts and friendly, efficient service all help make this one of the area’s most popular restaurants. An interesting wine list includes some classics and well-chosen house wines.

Check their website for recession-busting intitiatives, which range from discounts on wine to a free taxi home.

Might also like

On the Galway side of Moycullen village, a landmark corner building is home to The Forge, a large pub, restaurant and entertainment centre.
It is ably managed by AnneMarie Kelly, a professional in the hospitality business for many years. Under her direction, The Forge s ...

Set back from the coast road to Spiddal in a line of pretty shops with ample free parking, this is one of the newer restaurants in Barna - a village close enough to Galway to be considered by many as a suburb.
The contemporary duck egg blue and cream shopfront is very i ...

Well-known restaurateurs JP McMahon and Drigin Gaffey opened Aniar in 2011, and it soon became the most talked about restaurant in Galway. Meaning ‘from the West’, the philosophy emulated that of Copenhagen’s Noma, favouring local, seasonal, wild and fo ...

This is one of Quay Street’s longer established restaurants, owner-run by experienced restaurateur Martine McDonagh and her two sons, one of whom - Enda Hoolmaa - is now the chef.
The smart brown/black facade faces another McDonagh family venture, McDonagh’s ...

Within walking distance of the city centre and easily accessible by car, this busy spot looks like a pretty row of houses and, with its colourful hanging baskets, the facade cleverly disguises a large interior. Contemporary décor and muted colours complement an ...

IRELAND GUIDE IPHONE APP V2.0

Quickly and easily find all the very best places to eat, drink & stay across the island of Ireland with the cool new Georgina Campbell's Ireland Guide iPhone Application (v 2.0 now available FREE with optional subscription elements that have a 30 day no-obligation free trial).

BlackBerry App

Blackberry mobile phone owners can quickly and easily find all the very best places to eat, drink & stay across the island of Ireland with the cool new Georgina Campbell's Ireland Guide Blackberry Application - have access to the most highly respected, trusted & critically acclaimed independent guide to Irish hospitality whenever you want, wherever you are!

Samsung App

Quickly and easily find all the very best places to eat, drink & stay across the island of Ireland with the cool new Georgina Campbell's Ireland Guide Samsung Bada Application - have access to the most highly respected, trusted & critically acclaimed independent guide to Irish hospitality whenever you want, wherever you are!